SUMC in the News (09/25/08)
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Tobacco-movie industry financial ties traced to Hollywood's early years in Stanford/UCSF study
Researchers from Stanford and UCSF have used once-secret tobacco industry documents to trace marketing deals between Hollywood studios and the tobacco companies to the early days of movie making.
Print media coverage
United Press International, 09/24/08
Cost-effective HIV monitoring system found
Stanford researchers have found that a simple test given to HIV/AIDS patients in southern Africa could extend their lives by nearly a year and save health-care costs at the same time. Eran Bendavid, a postdoctoral scholar in infectious diseases and in health research and policy and first author on the study, is quoted in this article.
San Jose Mercury News, 09/24/08
Students get an education in growing food, eating healthy
This article discusses a new educational program at Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale, where students learn how to grow their own food and eat healthy. Researchers from the Stanford Prevention Research Center will assess the students' dietary habits and overall health, so they can track any significant impacts of the farm's programs.
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